WHY PAUL'S NEWIE MAY BE A KEEPER
November 12, 2007 -- MORE on the new lover of Paul McCartney, who is suddenly turning out to be a bigger stud than Owen Wilson.
Fact One: You read this friendship - not the loveship, the friendship - began years before and that this newie knew Heather the Horrible plus his first wife, the late Linda Eastman. No! It wasn't, and she didn't. There was no pre-loveship friendship. They met recently. In the Hamptons.
Fact Two: Despite its infancy stage, the romance has progressed beyond a frivolous affair. We're talking already heavy-duty serious. Nancy Shevell, who runs a trucking company, is lovely, warm, etc., etc., but, put it this way: One small reason McCartney might be smitten is that after Heather the Horrible, even Frankenstein's monster appears to have a spot of charm.
Fact Three: Unlike H the H, she's no attention-getter. Her mouth stays shut. Insiders knew she'd met Someone, but even in her sleep she didn't talk about Who. She's handling this quietly. Nobody in the family gives interviews.
Fact Four: She's sweet, kind, not pretentious, not threatening to him. More like his first wife. Very smart but not into celebrities. Not social. Not partygoing. Private. Good mother, good daughter. Her son is even named for her mother.
Seems His Sirship is true to form. All his women were strong, none Barbie-doll pretty.
Now, for the husband Shevell's unloading. Different type animal. Loves celebrity, loves attention, loves p.r. Bruce Blakeman was Hempstead's town councilman, then presiding officer of the Nassau County legislature, then defeated for re-election, then ran for state controller against Carl McCall and lost his own county. Friendly, pleasant, a what's-not-to-like wannabe. Some wonder if he's the one who broke the news because, they hiss, he's probably loving the spotlight.
